Concern about the tides was part of a batch of subjects Northeast Florida faced the day after Nicole crossed the state, leaving countless impacts waiting to be cleaned up.
After the storm, traffic lights were out in several parts of Jacksonville, the Sheriff’s Office reported, reminding drivers that intersections with no working lights are supposed to be treated as four-way stops.
swamped the property in 2017. She said the water climbed three steps, creating a pool that can’t be cleaned without work and expense.“I don’t want to leave my home,” said Aiken, who bought the two-bedroom block-and-brick building in 1996. Latosha Stuckey had thought about moving even before water seeped in and covered her rented bedroom floor about 9 a.m., but Stuckey said she didn’t know where she’d find a place to rent for her and her five children, whom she sent to a cousin’s home temporarily.
But the city offers so little — maybe $30,000 or less — that a person couldn’t buy a replacement home or even rent for a series of years, said, an artist and activist who has helped focus attention on problems affecting the neighborhood.
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